i've overstepped the mark at 750mm [up from 711mm] i think....... rides will tell......
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how wide are your current widest bars...
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750mm for me
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720mm but I want some Renthal Fat Bars and I'll chop them to about 740
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760 on the Dh bike.
760 on the xc bike - i said i'd chop them down a bit, but right now i don't want to.
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blimey ! i thought 750mm was RIDICULOUS until i sampled it.......
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720
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711mm, would like to try some narrower ones.
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720
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I tried the 760? Renthal Fatbars but they were far too wide. I'm now back on my 711 Sunline V1's again and they feel right for me.
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shoulder width must play a part too....?
i hear that for every 10mm of stem reduction a justification of +10mm on bar width is recommended........
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Just gone back to 711 from 780
780 was wicked fun for dh madness but for all round trail, dirt jump, larking about goodness 710-720 seems poifikt
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I've had 800 on my hardtail for the last month, I just cut them back to 720 after clipping 3 trees on Wednesday.
if 800 has a place, in the woods on singletrack, is not it.Posted 4 months ago # -
580.... i like to ride between trees.
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lol @ mrmo. do you ride in a bamboo forest like ?
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725mm.
Too wide in the saplings for my reaction times and skill.
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lol @ mrmo. do you ride in a bamboo forest like ?
near enough, ash saplings, i keep on catching the ends of the bars, both ends at the same time!!!
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710mm, feels just right.
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700mm ...and only just fits between the trees on our local cheeky trails.
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750 on my Pitch, 711 on the do everything else bike.
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750 (answer pro taper), started at 780 and moved controls inward until felt comfy.
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Just got some 780 wide bars and they made my shoulders / arms ache. 720 wide on the other bike feels fine.
They're a different brand so its probably not a fair compairson but could they just be too wide? It felt like the bike was running away cos my arms were too widely spread and I couldn't turn the bike where I wanted?
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810mm - clipped a couple of trees about a year ago, but soon learned to wiggle / judge gaps.
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780 superstars and loving them, thought I would trim them but there are not many trees on the Black Mountains!
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wow - super wide average so far
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750mm for me too. Haven't ridden with them properly yet, but they feel great just riding round my back garden so far.
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your bars should be 100mm wider than your shoulders.
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Ton - did you make that up ? Or is it physics / myth / ledgend or a troll ?
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740 on the Spesh, may cut them down to 720 though.
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cycling lore, passed down through the ages..........
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In the house so across a few riders: DH Bikes 760mm and 780mm, 29ner 740mm - but will get cut, AM 710mm - my fav width, other XCs 620- 710mm
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If we're gonna have one of these once a week can we not just make it a sticky?
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i'm to special to search cookeaa
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640mm, I have biceps though.
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